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ms sum. 7 APPLICATION FILED AUG-l7. I917. Patented Aug. 5, 1919. I 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

In: COLUMBIA I'LANOGRAPH :0., WASHINGTON, n, c-

C. A. NETHERCUTT.

TIRE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-n. 19H.

'Patehted Aug. 5,1919.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2 2 PM c0., WASHINGTON, [MC- against puncture and other injury and also-constructed and arranged to positively mode of connecting the end UNITED STATES PATENro Ficn CHARLES A. nn'rnnncu'rr, or nurmn'rrs CREE-K, INDIANA.

TIRE- GUARD,

To all'whomit may concern:

Be itjlmown that-I, CHARLES A. NETHER- CUTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burnetts Creek, inthe county of White and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire- Guards, of which the following is a specification.

. This my present invention has to do with guards for the tires ofautombiles and analogous wheels; I

The general object of my invention is the provision of a tire guard readily applicable to an ordinary automobile wheel'without previous preparation or alteration thereof, and one that'is eflicient in protecting the tire is engage the surface traveled over, witlra view to increasing the traotive capacity. of the wheel and, at the same time, precluding skidding thereof.

A secondary object of the invention is the provision of improved means for securing the guard ona wheel and over the tire thereof. V

further object is the provision of an improved mechanical combination for use in drawing the ends of a securing cable toward each other and maintaining the cable in a taut state without liability of casual loosening thereof. e p

. Other objectsiand advantageous features of the invention will be fully understood from the following detailed description and claim when the sameare read inconnection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a' side elevation showing a wheel equipped with my novel guard.

. Fig. 2'is a detail plan View showing the portions of the guard.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail transverse sec tion showing the guard as properly arranged relative thereof.

, Fig. 4: is a longitudinal section of one of the cable fasteners of my invention.

Fig. 5 isasection ofthe same taken at a right angle to Fig. 4'.

to a wheel andthe tire purpose 7 Specification. of Letters Patent. Patented Augjfi, 1919, Applicationfiled August 17, 1917. Serial No. 186,782. 1 i i 6 is a perspectiveof-the 051 is equipped with the;-

usual pneumatic tire 1, but I would hav it,

here understood that cially for use on a pneumatictire to protect the same against puncture,cutting, splitting and the like,'my novel guard because-of its tractive and non-skidding capabilitiesmayf be used to advantageon solid, cushioned and other tires.

The major portion designed to extend around and be opposed its ends detachably guard maybe expeditiously and easily rewhile designed espeof the guard is formed by a band 2, preferably of machine belting,

moved when it is desired to apply it to an other wheel for repeated use.

permanently connected to the end portions of thefiexible band; the plate 3 being pro ure 6,and

vided with hooks 5 and an aper the. plate 4: having hook-receiving slots 7, in

series, and apertures 8, also in-series) The for cooperation with a. is preferably employed to 1 draw the band-2 closed around the wheel" toolv comprising a fork-shaped manner that casual disconnection is impossible. For thesake of convenience. an aperture 11 is provided adjacent to. the handle end thereof, for a hereinafter set forth.

On'its outer side at intervals in its length angular wrench the band 2is equipped with transverse meta-llic cleatsl2' and 13'which arepreferably, thoughnotneces'sarily,

of channel form, and

9 the ends of the tangs of which;

to said lever body and the lapped relation sothat the hezoksin the lever body 9 For effecting the sarddetachable connection Iemploy two metallic platesB and 4: riveted or otherwise,

are adapted to positively engage sand, ice, mud, clay, snow and the like, so as to prevent skidding or slipping, and at the same time, by increasing the tractive capacity of the wheel enable the automobile to extricate itself from bad places in a roadway. The cleats 13 are connected by rivets or the like to the band 2 and metallic plates 14 arranged against the inner side of the band.

preferably employed in combination with the single band. By reference to said Fig. 3 it will be noted that the saddle is formed in one piece and comprises an intermediate portion 17 curved in conformity to and adapted to rest snugly side arms 18 joined through bights 19 with the ends of the curvilinear portion and con necting said ends with the terminal portions en applied as stated the saddles 16 will manifestly hold the band 2 in a strong manner on the tire 1 and against displacement as well as against relative lateral movement, with the result that the non-skidding efficiency of my guard is materially increased.

For the purpose of holding the guard on the wheel and the guard band 2 snug against the tread of the tire 1, I provide cables 20, one at each side of the wheel, and appliances 2l,'of which there is one to each cable, for taking up slack of the cables and retaining the same in a taut state without liability of accidental loosening or release. The cables 20 are respectively formed, by preference, of a single piece of wire and each is seated in the bights 19 of the saddles 16, at one side of the wheel. At its ends each cable 20 is connected to the outer ends of the members of one appliance 21, and it will be readily observed that each appliance 21 is made up of a member 22 having notches or seats in one of its edges at intervals of its length, a member 23 having spaced bars 24 adapted to receive the member 22 between them and also having enlargements 25 on the bars and in which are alined transverse apertures 26, and an apertured rotatable body 27 disposed between the enlargements 25 and having journals 28 disposed in the apertures 26; one of said journals having aneXtension 29, of angular form, in cross-section, for the appli cation of the before described tool.-

With the members of the appliances 21 relatively arranged as illustrated, it will be understood that rotation of the bodies 27 in one direction will move said bodies endover the tire 1, and

wise inwardly on the notched members 22; the bodies 27 seating over the teeth and in the interdental spaces or notches of the members 22 in succession. It will also be noted that when the cables are taut the tension thereof will operate to retain the bodies 27 in their adjusted positions without liability of casual displacement or loosening. When, however, the bodies 27 are rotated in reverse direction to move them endwise-outwardly relative to the members 22, the cables 20 will be loosened, whereupon the members 23 with their rotatable bodies 27 may be lifted or moved laterally out of engagement with the members 22, and then after the plates 3 and 4 are disconnected, the guard, as a unit, may be readily removed from the wheel. 2

By reversing the operations just described the guard may be expeditiously and easily fastened on the tire and wheel, and when so fastened the taut cables 20 will obviously hold the saddles l6 tight against the tirer2lso that movement of the guard relative to the tire is effectually prevented.

Notwithstanding the practical advantages of my novel guard as set forth herein, itwill be observed that the guard is inexpensive in construction, is well adapted to Withstand the rough usage to which automobile-wheel appurtenances are ordinarily subjected, andis susceptible of ready application and removal without entailing the employment of skilled labor.

The construction illustrated and specifically described herein constitutes the best practical embodiment of my invention of which I am cognizant. It is tobe understood, however, that I do not confine myself to the described specific relative arrangement of elements and their features inasmuch as in the vention changes in the form and arrange ment of parts may be made practice of inwithout involvconstruction and ing departure from the scope of my append-' ed clalm.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters. Patent, is: s

A tire guard comprising a band, means for connecting the band, saddles arranged transversely and in spaced relation at the inner side of the band and each formed of a single piece of metal and including an in termediate curvilinear portion that strad- '7 dles and snugly fits the cross-section of a tire and terminates in inwardly extending inner side arms, outer side arms opposite to and spaced from said inner side arms, transverse bights joining the inner ends of said inner and outer side arms, and transverse,

inwardly-directed terminal portions at the outer ends of said outer side arms, connected to the band; the curvilinear intermediate portion and the 1nner and outerside arms forming loops that are adapted to rest par- In testimony whereof I alfix my signature allel to and at opposite sides of a tlre and in presence of two wltnesses.

are open at their comparatively large outer CHARLES A. NETHERCUTT. ends and cables seated in the bights of said Witnesses:

5 loops and having their ends detachably con- E. M. KOONSMAN, nected together. T. L. BABCOCK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

